title: Congenital left circumflex artery fistula drainage into left ventricle.
abstract: Congenital communication between left coronary artery to left ventricle is a rare anomaly. A 52-year-old male patient visited our institution complaining of paroxysmal palpitation and echocardiography revealed a large fistula draining into the left ventricle. Coronary angiography and computed tomography (CT) scanning confirmed the fistula located between the left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) and left ventricle (LV). A simple fistula ligation was performed, and postoperative three-dimensional coronary CT scanning confirmed the patient got a complete cure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
authors.forename: Ligang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Xingyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tiecheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery